Physical controls on sand composition and relative durability of detrital minerals during ultra-long distance littoral and aeolian transport (Namibia and southern Angola)

Sedimentology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 971-996

  Garzanti, Eduardo ^a   Resentini, Alberto ^a   Andò, Sergio ^a   Vezzoli, Giovanni ^a   Pereira, Alcides ^b   Vermeesch, Pieter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamondiferous littoral deposits; Heavy mineral mobility; Hydraulic sorting and placer sands; Image analysis; Long distance sediment transport; Mechanical abrasion and grain roundness; Sampling bias; Sedimentary petrology

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CITRUS FRUITS; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; GARNETS; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICA; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TEXTURES; VOLCANOES;

HEAVY MINERALS; MECHANICAL ABRASION; PLACER SANDS; SAMPLING BIAS; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY;

SAND;

ABRASION; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DUNE; DURABILITY; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; HEAVY MINERAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; SAMPLING BIAS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY; SOIL TEXTURE;

ANGOLA; NAMIBIA;

EID: 84929505850     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sed.12169     Document Type: Article

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